CALLS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY Makana Municipality faces allegations of fraud and corruption over missing R2.6m water pump 5 min 4 By Estelle Ellis
MUNICIPAL SHAMBLES Lost-and-found Makhanda water pump — residents to finally get it back, with an even heftier price tag 4 min 2 By Estelle Ellis
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE Mayor insists they will solve Makhanda’s many problems as hundreds gear up to demand her removal 5 min 6 By Estelle Ellis
WHEELS COME OFF Makana on its knees as water and sewage services all but collapse amid broken equipment crisis 6 min 63 By Estelle Ellis
RUNNING ON EMPTY Rhodes University suspends lectures as Makhanda despairs over prolonged water outage caused by sabotage 6 min 5 By Estelle Ellis
STUNTED GROWTH OP-ED Dysfunctional South African municipalities are killing small businesses 6 min 0 By Richard Morrow and Rutendo Nyaku
MUNICIPAL FINANCES Reprieve for Makana municipality after Eastern Cape treasury claws back half of unspent grants 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
EASTERN CAPE Makhanda residents will feel the pain if dysfunctional municipality has to repay unspent R60.7m grant — MEC 4 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
HEALTH HAZARD Boil-before-drinking notice remains for Makhanda’s contaminated water 7 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
MAKHANDA CRISIS Judge to oversee the financial recovery of ‘failed’ Makana Municipality 6 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
ROAD TO 2021 LOCAL ELECTIONS The filth and the fury: Desperate Makhanda residents obtain court order forcing municipality to clean up the town 7 min 10 By Estelle Ellis
UNCOOPERATIVE GOVERNANCE Eastern Cape: Makana Local Municipality orders new pumps as water crisis drags on 3 min 0 By Estelle Ellis
MAVERICK CITIZEN Makana judgment appeal: ‘They are using taxpayers’ money to defend the indefensible’ 3 min 1 By Estelle Ellis
WATER WARS, Makhanda Edition Gift of the Givers pulls the plug on the City of Saints 7 min 0 By Carien du Plessis and Greg Nicolson
